Originally Posted by Hinterland
If you wash it, you can block it square before you add the binding. The quilt will hang flatter and it's easier to get the binding even.
I square my quilts up and bind them. I usually wash quilt show entries after binding and block them. If it's for my bed, I just wash it.
Janet
this and Leah Day's method sure makes sense. especially since the quilting draws in the fabric and the edges don't always get the quilting.